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Open mike 22/04/2023
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Daily review 21/04/2023
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National despairs as inflation rate drops
Yesterday Statistics New Zealand dealt a rather large blow to National's election chances when it announced that the latest rate of inflation was 6.7%, a significant drop below the previous rate. You could hear the fear in Nicola Willis's voice on Radio New Zealand this…
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Open mike 21/04/2023
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Stephen Jack is cancelled by the National Party
So National has yet another candidate problem. His name is Stephen Jack and he clearly has difficulties in negotiating reality. He was selected as National's Taieri candidate yet clearly thought that he he had a chance of being an MP and lamented the fact that…
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Really Small States in Really Big Conflicts
In case we just missed it, New Zealand really has picked a side. Prime Minister Hipkins will in May head to London for the coronation of King Charles III, and then it’s on to the NATO summit in Lithuania together with Australia, Japan and South…
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Daily review 20/04/2023
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Open mike 20/04/2023
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Daily review 19/04/2023
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Open mike 19/04/2023
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Daily review 18/04/2023
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Some People Say Silly Stuff
So, some people do and say silly stuff and sometimes even stupid stuff that perhaps they should not have, in hindsight. With “some people” I mean that we all have done this and are likely to do it again. I have and I will, although…
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Open mike 18/04/2023
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Daily review 17/04/2023
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Lonely on the right side of history?
Musing after the recent IMF/World Bank meetings, Former White house economist and US Treasury secretary Larry Summers said “it’s looking a bit lonely on the right side of history..as others are increasingly banding together in a whole range of structures.” Summers has form, too much…
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Extinction Rebellion: The Big One
21–24 April 2023 100,000 people at the Houses of Parliament. Impossible to ignore. Extinction Rebellion UK, the original XR, are back. Starting in 2019, their phenomenally successful first few years of direct action on the streets of London led to a global movement, a huge…
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Open mike 17/04/2023
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Pale Stale Ale and Other Forbidden Fluids
No primary caregiver(s) in their right mind would name their newborn baby Adolf, right? It would burden and likely burry them for life under the baggage of history. In addition to the cruelty of a life filled with ridicule and condemnation, which could be described…
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National’s problem with its candidates
Another day, and yet another report a National candidate has done something really stupid. This time it is Taieri candidate Stephen Jack who had been caught posting posted deeply offensive "humour" on his facebook page. To augment the strong sense of misogyny it was recently…
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Open mike 16/04/2023
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About Wayne Brown’s dereliction of duty
Dear journalists, Please do not let Mayor Wayne Brown off the hook regarding his appalling dereliction of duty. What is emerging from the review that the mayor himself commissioned, as well as more documentation that has come to light in the wake of said review,…
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Open mike 15/04/2023
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Daily review 14/04/2023
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Three Waters becomes Affordable Water
Three Waters mark two has been announced. Instead of there being four mega entities in charge of the country's water systems there will be more localised entities based generally on Regional Council boundaries, apart from in Auckland where the originally proposed entity will continue. And…
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Greens: Three waters rebrand insufficient
https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/1646328315857494017 Green Party Press Release _______________________________________________________ Posted by Eugenie Sage April 13, 2023 12:39 PM Today the Government adopted a long held Green Party position to increase the number of water entities to ensure a closer connection with communities they serve. However, despite the rebrand,…
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Open mike 14/04/2023
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Daily review 13/04/2023
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Labour’s new water infrastructure policy
https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/1646291649373556738 Press release Major shakeup will see affordable water reforms led and delivered regionally HON KIERAN MCANULTY Local Government 10 new regionally owned and led public water entities to be established New approach avoids a rates blow out and delivers savings to households between $2,770-$5,400…
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How I answered the census ‘gender’ question
Laura López is the mother of two girls and holds a graduate degree in psychology. She writes Arguments With Friends on Substack. Her work has been featured by Reality's Last Stand, The Standard, Plain Sight, The Platform, Resist Gender Education, and Speak Up for Women…
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What does Luxon think about minimum wage increases and holidays?
Apologies for not posting lately. It has been busy at work and I took the chance over easter to be with Whanau. Which gave me the inspiration for this post. Because it is really difficult to reconcile Christopher Luxon's deep commitment to Jesus Christ with…
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